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Thursday, July 28, 2011

Morris library in the Chronicle

SIUC was in the Chronicle last week. The story was about cuts made by the library, but emphasized the smart way SIUC librarians were trying to save money, by getting out of costly "Big Deal" subscriptions plans pushed by academic publishers. I don't have anything to add to the story--which focusses mainly on obscenely expensive journals in the sciences and engineering (ok, "obscene" was the humanist in me). But flagging it gives me a good opportunity to call attention to another blog at SIUC.

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Deo volente is Latin for "God willing." It's the official motto of Southern Illinois University Carbondale, chosen because deo volente flumine non surgente ("If the Lord is willing and the river don't rise") was too long to fit on a t-shirt.

The ostrich and additional Latin motto (sic) on the upper right are a holdover from Deo volente I, when our late, lamented Chancellor used that image to demonstrate that her critics were willfully blind. If you can't translate that Latin motto, I know a Latin class you can enroll in. We could use the tuition money.